COOMA: Parts of the Monaro were transformed into a winter wonderland on Friday as heavy snowfalls provided a picturesque start to the day. This photo was taken at Kybeyan by Kristy Nichols.

COOMA: Cooma's Josh Alford will compete in the Commonwealth Games this Saturday in the 200 metre multiclass s14 race.

COOMA: Cooma's Michael John Horneman has released his debut single 'What we've found'.

COOTAMUNDRA: Decent rain over the past month has soaked Country Club Oval with the boys coping with large puddles on the playing surface on Saturday. It is nothing they are not used to and Coota stepped up to the challenge of the muddy playing surface and slippery ball well. Photo: Cootamundra Herald

COOTAMUNDRA: League supporters (from left) Jeff Bristow, Stephen Howse and David Earnshaw enjoy Old Boys Day. The results in the footy might not have gone the way of Cootamundra on Saturday, however with some of the most loyal supporters around everyone enjoyed a terrific day. Photo: Cootamundra Herald

COOTAMUNDRA: Todd Slaven entered a photo of Riley and Ainslie Meale, the kids of his good friends Karen and Scott Meale, into the Country Kids Photo Competition and followed up with a swag of voting forms determined to win the prize on offer for the family. Photo: Cootamundra Herald

CROOKWELL: Sweeping approaches to the new $1.5 million concrete bridge over the Crookwell River on the Binda Road overcome the traffic “bottle-neck” which the old single lane wooden bridge created, providing a major improvement to this busy main road. Photo by Bronwyn Haynes, Crookwell Gazette.

CROOKWELL: Norm Fountain from the Crookwell Lions Club with Mrs Liz Ikin (Crookwell Hospital clinical nurse specialists in wound care) watching over Mr Burbidge ‘hooked up’ demonstrating the new Dopplex Ability machine that has been purchased by the Lions Club for the Hospital.

CROOKWELL: Local man, Peter Shepherd played in the Australian team in the Veterans Hockey World Cup in the Hague in the Netherlands during June 2014, bringing home Gold as world Champions.

GOULBURN: Goulburn Dirty Reds prop David Hook breaks through the Cooma defence. The Reds notched up a record score against Cooma in reserve grade (68-0) and came within a smidge of breaking it again in first grade (66-0). Photo by Chris Gordon, Goulbun Post.

GOULBURN: Goulburn are surging ahead in the Canberra Hockey League with Olympian and World Cup champion Glenn Turner (pictured) back in the side. They beat Old Canberrans 8-3 on the weekend. Photo by Chris Clarke, Goulburn Post.

GOULBURN; junior Stockmen player Ryan Keegan is only young, but he understands why it’s important for the NRL community to show their support for Alex McKinnon. Photo: Michael Keegan.

GOULBURN: It was one in all in with junior league players in the Rise for Alex round.

GOULBURN: Former ABC chairman, Sydney businessman and Woodhouselee weekend resident Maurice Newman has been removed from the Crookwell Three wind farm committee. His dismissal has also prompted debate about the effectiveness of community consultative committees (CCC). Photo: Louise Kennerley.

GOULBURN: Australia's first lady of the big screen Jacki Weaver featured on the SBS series "Who do you think you are?" when she traced her family tree to Australia's first inland city. Photo SBS.

GOULBURN: It was a big win for Stags FC when they took out the STFA Cup with a 5-0 win over their second grade counterparts on Sunday. Goulburn Post.

GOULBURN: There's a new broom about to swep through the Goulburn Mulwaree Council, and it's being held by new general manager Warwick Bennett (pictured with mayor Geoff Kettle, right) who wants Goulburn Mulwaree to be a more efficient, effective and responsive organisation that is welcoming of new development. Photo Louise Thrower, Goulburn Post.

GOULBURN: From around Australia and across the region mourners came to Goulburn this week to celebrate the extraordinary life and achievements of aboriginal leader Gavin Jones. Photo Louise Thrower, Goulburn Post.

GOULBURN: Todd Brown, Sam Northwood, Jack Wagner, Chris Hindi and Oscar Cunningham share a moment ahead of Saturday’s Mates Rate event for the Goulburn rugby Club at Poidevin Oval reflecting on the larrikin ways of close friend and brother, Hugo Cunningham who was lost to suicide in 2012. Photo Brittany Murphy, Goulburn Post.

GOULBURN: Goulburn High student Mikayla Evans has arrived back after a successful Australian School Girls Hockey team tour of South Africa. The team was undefeated throughout their two weeks abroad and won a hard fought test series against their South African counterparts 3-0.

GOULBURN: The old debate hotted up again ahead of the Super Rugby clash between the Waratahs and the Brumbies... should Goulburn follow NSW or the ACT? Liz Clarke (left) backs the 'tahs while Kelly Anable (right) is a Brumbies fan. Photo Chris Clarke, Goulburn Post.

HARDEN: Murrumburrah High School students will hold their annual Creative and Performing Arts night next Wednesday, July 30, at the school, starting at 7pm. PICTURED: MHS students got into the swing for the night this week during rehearsal and pictured are, from top, clockwise: Emma Manwaring, Rhiannon Johnston, Libby Foster, Aritoula Raptis, Ellie Raptis, Megan Sharman, Coady Morton, Breeanna Dyball, Lauren Hannaford, Hayley Irving and Sam Cross. Photo: Harden-Murrumburrah Express

HARDEN: Chatting after Saturday's match between the Hawks and Binalong were, from left, former Cronulla and Daley M Player of the Year Gavin Miller, Shane McKellar, Mick Shea and John Payne. Photo: Harden-Murrumburrah Express

HARDEN: Daniel Drew delivered another strong performance for the Hawks in their clash with the Binalong Brahmans on Saturday. Photo: RS Williams

JINDABYNE: Snowy Mountains artist Zoe Young is a finalist in this years Archibald Prize with her portrait of Cooma winter Olympian Torah Bright.

JINDABYNE: The NSW SES has received new lifesaving equipment from the NSW government which will help with Alpine search capabilities.

QUEANBEYAN: Local man Tristan Kilpatrick was awarded a certificate of appreciate from Queanbeyan police this week for his role in saving the life of a motorcyclist who crashed into his vehicle in 2012, severing a leg in the process (PHOTO: David Butler).

QUEANBEYAN: Qbn City Council cultural development officer Georgina Perri getting into the Christmas spirit ahead of this Sunday’s Christmas in July markets at The Q (PHOTO: Kim Pham).

QUEANBEYAN: Some local ratepayers are investigating leading a class action against Queanbeyan City Council to fight excess rates charges issued by Council this week that date back 5 years. Kim Morris and Lisa Robinson (pictured) are two local business owners who were slugged $10,000 and $7,000 respectively for back-dated water and sewer access charges (PHOTO: David Butler) .

QUEANBEYAN: Queanbeyan welcomed 37 new Australian citizens in a citizenship ceremony held at The Q last week. Deputy Mayor Peter Bray is pictured here with new citizen Irena Joy Anoska, formerly of Macedonia (PHOTO: Josh Matic)

QUEANBEYAN: The local Rotary branch is on the lookout for new members. Past president Natalie Jupe and partner Andrew Tillett (pictured) said the group has a lot to offer for community-minded Queanbeyan residents. (PHOTO: Jodie Fisher)

MITTAGONG: Mittagong Lion Hayden Wallace gets tackled without the ball as he attempts to chase down his chip kick. The Lions secured a 20-16 win over Camden in the reserve grade rugby league match. Photo: Lauren Strode, Southern Highland News.

BOWRAL: Bowrlal-based golfer Darryl Purchase has qualified to compete at the British Senior Open, which runs from July 24-27. Photo: Southern Highland News.

MITTAGONG: In 2011 Leah Day received a doctorate in history after completing a biography the supervisor of the construction of the blast furnace in Mittagong. The town will celebrate its 150th birthday in 2015. Photo: Dominica Sanda, Southern Highland News

YASS: Mt Carmel students have been rehearsing for the Great Australian Rock Musical. Photo: supplied to Yass Tribune.

YASS: Louise Burgess took this wonderful photo of frost on her Nanima Road property during the cold snap.

YASS: Guy Sherratt has been in good form since his return from injury for the Binalong Brahmans. His side beat Harden 14-8 at the weekend.

YASS: Yass High students Maddie McGrath and Veanka Howard are honoured to be included in the Core Choir next month. Photo: Oliver Watson, Yass Tribune.

YASS: Former Yass Lions President Pat McKinnon presents Zone 11 Chairman Graham Wilson with the Melvin Jones Fellow Award at the club's changeover event recently. It's the highest honour that can be awarded to a Lion.

YOUNG: Ghetto - it’s the last word you’d want to see written anywhere, let alone in the neighbourhood where you’ve just bought a house. Well for Bendick Street residents, they’ve had no choice but to live with it graffitied on a power pole near their homes for the last two months because calls went to council unanswered.

YOUNG: Tony Li Xin Ze came to Young with his mother who was one of the 49 visiting Chinese academics in Young last week. Photo by Daniella White

YOUNG: Local bowling enthusiasts were on the go early Thursday morning when they experienced the world’s first indoor lawn bowls green on wheels that came to town. Photo submitted

YOUNG: Young's car enthusiasts hitched on their caravans and hit the road on Wednesday morning for the sixth annual Young Heritage Motor Club winter wander. When Daryl Hughes of Cowra heard the club was going on holidays, he said he was coming too, with his modified 1968 stretched minivan. Photo by Ellie Hawkey

YOUNG: Australian motivational speaker Sam Cawthorn must have enjoyed his visit to Young last year so much, because he’s come back, peaking with local students and members of the public. He's spreading his message - “you don’t bounce back but bounce forward through difficult times” - after experiencing a major car accident which almost took his life. Photo by Christine Speelman.

YOUNG: Home turf pride: THE Young Lions women’s soccer team refused to let their guard down on the weekend, taking two wins from as many games on home turf. Young’s Michaela Hall scored the winning goal in Saturday’s match against competition leaders Millthorpe, to win the game 1-0. Photo by Paul Neville.

Each week we tell the story of the week in review using photos from the Fairfax regional newspapers across the NSW Southern Inlands (Boorowa News, Braidwood Times, Cooma Monaro Express, Cootamundra Herald, Crookwell Gazette, Goulburn Post, Harden Murrumburrah Express, Jindabyne Summit Sun, Southern Highland News, Town and Country Magazine, Yass Tribune and Young Witness).

This week we have a wedge-tailed eagle, Santa giving the gift of worms(?), Jacki Weaver, footy photos, remembering those we've lost too soon, and a whole lot more.

And in addition to the above gallery, we also have links to what those websites have been doing online with the “Rebel Mouse” collection below. What a week it was! We hope you enjoy looking back over it.